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Advencia was furious, and it wasn’t because Scarlet had essentially poured boiling water onto her feet. “FUCK! What the FUCK that fucking HURT.” She spat as she tugged harshly on Scarlets hair. Scarlet grabbed her wrist and with a quick twist had the demon on her knees.
Advencia turned to Taka with tears in her eyes. “S-See! Look what is happening! This man is a threat! He’s going to take her away from us. He’s fattening her up! He’s gonna fuckin take her somewhere and eat her or - or-”
“I'm not a cannibal, Advencia. She’s eating more because she's pregnant, not because I'm trying to ‘fatten her up’.” The Huntsman calmly sipped on his coffee, having made no other move when Advencia grabbed Scarlet and was brought to her knees.
“You’re not fuckin’ taking care of her that’s our- FUCK!” Scarlet had twisted down harder on her, there was a hiss before she let go, a big red welt was left on Advencias wrist. The demoness nursed it as she backed into Taka. “Z-Zero look...she never used to hurt me.”
“Scarlet-sama, you have played your games long enough. It is time to return home,” Zero spoke. His voice soft, yet it carried great weight. He reached down and gripped the mask hanging from his hilt and studied the man beside her. Tall, lithe, elf traits, that meant he was going to be fast, even for a tall brute. The briefest reading of his aura showed yet another who embodied the void. It was a curiosity at this point, but that was all it was. His spirit for a true fight was diminished. He was a predator, not a warrior, in a true fight he would not last.
He looked down at Advencia and spoke softly, “I'll take it from here.”
The hunter merely tilted his head to one side, watching this calmly as he set his drink down.
The porcelain mask he donned was a blank plate before his face. It smoothed out his features, giving him an eerie appearance. His voice echoed from behind the mask, “You have an appointment at home, Ulroke-dono has ordered another treatment. You have a choice before you Scarlet-sama, you can resist and I will bring you in with force, or you can come willingly. Any interference with carrying out those orders will be seen as meddling in the affairs of our lord.” His eyes from behind the mask drilled into the huntsman pointedly.
“Am I not already meddling in those affairs by trying to help her and ease the corruption?” The drow sat back in his chair and leaned his head to one side, studying the now masked man.
“I'm being polite and giving you an out,” Zero replied calmly, “If you wish to die that is your prerogative. I refuse to second your seppuku.”
“You are, by far, the one of the group that I find myself liking the most. I thank you for your consideration, sir. But dawn girl doesn't seem inclined to return with Advencia, and I am her hunter so if she wishes to resist I will aid her.” The man still hadn't even stood up from his seat- though Zero could see that what few muscles were visible under his encompassing clothes were beginning to tense up.
Taka clicked his tongue in distaste and hissed, “You are loyal to a creature that is unworthy of that loyalty. Scarlet doesn't care about you, you're merely another infatuation in a long line of them, myself included. Clear your head of the haze she seems to have put you in, your lust will be your end Hunter-san. Don't become another of her whipped hounds. Get up, walk away, and forget what you've seen here. You may have a sleepless night mourning, but it will do wonders for your longevity.”
“Scarlet is what she was made to be. I have no interest in that. I am here to help who she once was.” The man tilted his head to the side. “I'm already a hound of the Hunt, what is another master if it helps someone who needs it desperately? And as for my longevity - good sir, I have… Lived a fair time already.” He sighed and picked up his coffee, taking a slow drink before setting it back down. “In the time that I have known dawn girl, you are I believe the second person warning me away from her, not for her sake, but for my own. Odd, considering the other is the faun woman.” He did seem thoughtful as he sat back and returned his gaze to Zero.
A grunt of distaste left his mouth, “Then perhaps you should consider the advice you've been given. If two wholly unrelated people are telling you the same thing, is that the bleating of a crazed whore, or could it have been insight into a situation you are vastly unprepared for? Scarlet, this will be your last warning, come with us, or I will draw. We've wasted enough time as it is.”
She looked from Taka to Hunter and closed her eyes. “Fighting in the street? Where so many eyes are upon us? Surely you’d know better than that. We’d have to wipe out the whole town.”
Advencia scoffed. “Oh like you haven’t done that before! Remember when you killed your best friend you wiped out that whole town. Fuck - I heard you ripped a kids head off.”
